Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-02-10

One of the old time scenes of Dodge
City was enacted last Saturday night.
1t was a regular round up by deputy
sheriffs and the consequences were
nearly fatal to one of our policemen,
Jas. Begley. 1t was general display
of firearms and brutal attacks ON peo-
pie who happened to come in their way:
No opposition was offered them and
they captured the town. Two of the
policemen handed in their designations
on the following Monday and Mr.. Fred
Singer had the entire work to do until
some more men were appointed. War
rants were issued for the arrest of the
gang who did the work but they had
skipped out for pastures new. They
have the best wishes of the citizens
that they will like their new location
well enough to stay.-DOdge City DEM
ocrat.
The Union Prospecting Coal & Min
ing company of Little River, Rice
county, Kansas, was charted yesterday
with capital IF $1,000, 900, and the
following officers: II. I. Smith, pres
ident; H. j. Harvey, vice-president;
A. NJ. Smith, treasurer; E. z. Smith,
secretary. The purpose of this COM
pany is to prospect for coal, until
there is certainty one way or the o.
ther, either coal or no coal. Mr.. G. B.
Smith will be elected general manager,
and operations will be begun at 'nce,
about four miles northwest of Little
River, on either Mr.. Harvey's or II.
L. Smiths farm.-Lyons Democrat.
While a masquerade ball was in
progress at Freepnrt, a small town
few miles west of Wellington Kan, in
Harper comfy, a paper heau-dress
worn by Miss Cora Roulder caught
fire from bracket lamp near which
she was standing. She Immediately
pulled the cap from her head and threw
it upon the floor, but while endeavor-
ing to tramp it under her foot her dress,
which was also trimmed in paper,
caught fire, and she was burned to
death in the presence of one hundred
panic stricken people.
Senator j. w. White has again sue
ceeded in cOnvicting one of those who
circulated the slander concerning his
with the Rice county safe
robbery some years ago. Last week
in the District Court, a verdict of gull
ty was brought in against w. j. Full
Ter, formerly of Lyons, but now of
Jetmore. and the jury awarded Sena- |
tor White $50, ,eoe5 damages.
A bill has been introduced into
the legislature to compel Lawrence to
pay the 100000 university bonds as
sumed by the state, on the ground that
the law assuming them was unconsti-
tutional.
There Ia in Fort Scott an extensive !
saw-mill, built for the purpose and
employed in saving up pine
logs brought in from Missouri, Arkan-
sas and Texas.
The wheat prospect on the Kansas
frontier is better now than it is in the
fertile country between Atchison and !
Clifton which was the case last year at |
this season.
Dodge City had another blaze on
the 22d inst, the Hotel of De Van
being the building involved The fire
was soon extinquished by the fire de-
partment.
There is project on foot at St.
John is sell the public square at that :
place for S35. 900 and apply this a.
to the liquidation of the coun-
ty debt.
A hew roller process Touring mill
was started at Blue Rapids last week,
with capacity of $50 barrels per day.
McGrew & Co., proprietors
The Lane county inhabitants are
kicking because the county line COM
mittee took six tiers of townships off
Of Lane county to establish Buffalo.
In Southern Kansas farmers demand
30 cents for corn, but 80 cents is the
price usually paid, as the retail price
brings but from 80 to 40 cents.
Andersen county school ma ANS have
a female immigration socie-
ty for the purp' Sc of locating female
college on No Mans Land.
A mail route has been ordered to be
at once between Topeka
and Fort Scott, on the Kansas, Ne
Draska IL Dakota railroad.
jewell county raised about 150, 900
oushel of corn last year, which was
more than was raised in any county of
is size in the state.
Willi2m Beichle, of Summerville,
Ottawa county, committed suicide last
week IOSannnInfmRnf In Iowa tho